Distribution of databases on CD-ROM
Douglas Brinkley, Paul Gordon Scyoc · Calhoun: The Naval Postgraduate School Institutional Archive (Naval Postgraduate School) · 1990
The vast majority of information distributed throughout the Navy today is done so using various paper products in the form of manuals, printouts, books and other publications. Paper publications are inherently expensive to produce, store and distribute on a large scale. They are also difficult to use when extracting detailed information for ad hoc reports. Compact Disc, Read Only Memory (CD-ROM) technology provides an alternative means to publish and distribute information to large number of users. This thesis examines the capabilities, advantages and disadvantages of CD-ROM technology to determine whether its use would be a preferred strategy for fulfilling information distribution requirements within the Navy. The research included the development of a CD-ROM pre-master file which was used to test the response of a CD-ROM application compared to manually extracting the same information from a printed manual.